Jerusalem family evicted from home seized by settlers

Police forcefully removed the Siyam family from their home after a court dismissed their appeal and ruled in favor of the settler group Elad, ending a decades-long legal battle over the property near Jerusalem’s Old City.

Settlers began removing the Siyam family’s belongings after the home was seized.

Videos show the forced eviction:

Israel security forces evict members of Jawad Siyam’s family - a single mother & her 4 children - from their property in Silwan, East Jerusalem, handing it over to Elad settler organization. pic.twitter.com/oNhXIQJjqU

Elad’s declared aim is to “Judaize East Jerusalem” by driving Palestinians out of their homes for the benefit of Jewish Israelis.

On Wednesday, Amnesty International called on the booking site TripAdvisor, which promotes the City of David as a top attraction in Jerusalem, to cease marketing tourism in Israeli settlements.

“By promoting Israeli settlements as tourist destinations, TripAdvisor is also glossing over their horrifying human rights record and normalizing to the public what is recognized under international law as an illegal situation,” Amnesty stated.

Those human rights violations include razing Palestinian homes in Jerusalem, where demolitions are on the rise, including in the Silwan neighborhood.

Last year, Israel’s high court gave the green light to evict 700 Palestinian residents of Silwan from their homes.'